Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, (310) 440-7300, through July 9. Closed Tuesday. www.getty.edu. ALSO: More art reviews from the Los ...

To describe the ancient Greek deity Aphrodite simply as "the goddess of love" is ... It was created by the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, and features 127 objects from that museum's collection.

Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art had a magnificent new treasure from ancient Rome to show its visitors this week: a smooth-limbed, white marble statue of Aphrodite, shown startled at her ...

The new exhibition at the Getty Villa, Aphrodite and the Gods of Love, tells a fascinating story about this goddess whose cult originated in the ancient Near East, before sweeping Greece in the 4th ...

Aphrodite of Knidos was the first of her kind, the earliest nude sculpture of a woman known in history. She attracted crowds, though what happened to the goddess remains a mystery.

A titillating exhibit devoted to the goddess and her entourage sheds ... ‘Aphrodite and the Gods of Love’: ... Calif. (March 28–July 9, 2012); San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas ...

Aphrodite has long been characterized as the goddess of love. But a traveling exhibition devoted to the Greek idol – on view through July 9 at the J. Paul Getty Museum’s Getty Villa &#8… ...

“We think of Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty and sexuality, but when we see... Love isn't all there is to Aphrodite MySA Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Aphrodite is usually referred to as the "goddess of love" in Greek mythology. But in the ancient world, the idea of love encompassed a lot more than simple romance. On Sunday, Philbrook Museum of ...